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Who was Barbara Mitchell?

Janvier 26, 2021 1:00AM

Promise and Performance: Recent Trends in Government Expenditures on Indigenous Peoples

Promise and Performance: Recent Trends in Government Expenditures on Indigenous Peoples

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indigenous, aboriginal funding, federal transfers to first nations, education spending on first nations, first nation spending

Septembre 14, 2017 2:20PM

Entrenched dependence is one of the worst legacies of the Indian Act

In one fiscal year, a First Nation in Alberta generated five times more in own-source revenue than it received in federal transfers.

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first nation, federal transfers to first nations, first nations community, indian act, first nations transparency act

Mars 10, 2016 1:30AM

Government Spending and Own-Source Revenue for Canada's Aboriginals: A Comparative Analysis

Ravina Bains, Kayla Ishkanian

Government Spending and Own-Source Revenue for Canada's Aboriginals: A Comparative Analysis

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aboriginal band finances, government spending, aboriginal issues, aboriginal funding, federal transfers to first nations, own-resource revenue

Février 29, 2016 3:00AM

More money likely won’t solve the many ills of First Nations in Canada

Over the last 50 years, federal spending has increased about twice as fast for First Nations people compared to the average Canadian.

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federal transfers to first nations, canadian first nations, canada's welfare system

Décembre 29, 2015 2:55PM

Federal government rewards chiefs, First Nations bands for lack of transparency

Carolyn Bennett, the minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, says her government won’t enforce the First Nations Transparency Act.

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first nations transparency act, first nation prosperity, first nations spending, federal transfers to first nations, indian act

Décembre 15, 2014 10:00AM

Democracy in First Nations communities requires an informed electorate

In a letter to Richard Price in 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote "whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights." In other words, an informed electorate possesses the knowledge to hold their government accountable.

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democracy in first nations sommunities, first nations democracy, first nations transparency act, first nations financial statesments, first nations spending, federal transfers to first nations, aboriginal issues, first nations chiefs salaries, canadian first nations